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January 16, 2025: Responses to relevant questions have been posted in the attachment section. The United States Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), on behalf of Project Manag... January 16, 2025: Responses to relevant questions have been posted in the attachment section. The United States Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG), on behalf of Project Manager Intelligence Systems & Analytics (PM IS&A), is considering the award of an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) [hereinafter “the OTA Award”] for a Prototype Project entitled Data Collection & Reduction Analytic (DCRA), under the authority of 10 U.S.C. § 4022. For an OTA, a “prototype project” is defined as a prototype project addressing a proof of concept, model, reverse engineering to address obsolescence, pilot, novel application of commercial technologies for defense purposes, agile development activity, creation, design, development, demonstration of technical or operational utility, or combinations of the foregoing. A process, including a business process, may be the subject of a prototype project. This Request for White Papers is for consideration of award for Phase 1 of DCRA, as described in the sections below. BACKGROUND: In a multi-domain environment, a weapons system, or System Under Test (SUT), utilizes a variety of sensor sources, reconnaissance imagery, and intelligence database information to form accurate and timely targeting recommendations. This is especially so for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems supporting anti-access/area denial (A2AD) weapon systems. Currently there is not a method to provide a realistic multi-domain environment to a SUT to assess its performance in ingesting and processing data, providing target information and recommendations, and incorporating simulated battle data assessment (BDA) feedback into the real-time common intelligence picture. The DCRA framework is a new software capability that is intended to alleviate this problem through the testing of C5ISR systems in a simulated multi-domain environment. DCRA will provide the C5ISR SUT with simulated intelligence data consisting of both all-source (i.e., entities, attributes, and relationships), serialized reporting, target lists/matrices, and multiple single intelligence (INT) sources including, but not limited to, signals intelligence (SIGINT), geographical intelligence (GEOINT), communications intelligence (COMINT), and imagery intelligence (IMINT). DCRA will be initially focused on target nomination support data and provide an operationally relevant scenario to the SUT. DCRA will extract SUT target assessments and necessary internal data, and evaluate the SUT performance, accuracy, and targeting timelines based on the DCRA scenario that was provided. Though DCRA is currently targeted for integration with Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node (TITAN), it may be integrated with other Intel Systems. DCRA’s intended user base consists of the PM IS&A, the Army Test & Evaluation Command (ATEC), and other organizations within the Army and the Department of Defense. The Statement of Need (SON) document provides further details on DCRA background, requirements description, and award process. The SON Annexes are available to interested parties by request via email. For access to these documents: - please send an email with your company's CAGE code to both Agreements Officer Representative Bret Whitmore (bret.a.whitmore.civ@army.mil) and Lead Engineer Patrick Horton (patrick.d.horton2.civ@army.mil). The SON will be sent via a secure site. OTA AWARD PHASES: Phase 1 (est. duration 15 -months): The Phase 1 programmatic and technical objectives include creating the system design, developing the initial prototype for the DCRA tool, integration of the prototype DCRA tool with the SUT and assessing SUT performance. (For reference, SUT performance will be measured in terms of accuracy, targeting timelines, and target recommendations.) The Government intends to accomplish this by collaborating on recommended changes to the design with the Vendor during execution. The Vendor also will be expected to develop the Software (SW)/System architecture to fully define a system and SW architecture for DCRA and fully document, deliver, and demonstrate its processes to support an integrated prototype system to be realized in Phase 1. Vendor’s DCRA tool will need to achieve an authorization to operate (ATO) on Secure Internet Protocol Network (SIPRnet) at the Collateral Secret Level. The Vendor selected for Phase 1 should plan on attending the Milestone events which most likely will be held at Ft. Cavazos, Texas Phase 2 (estimated duration 12 months): The primary focus of Phase 2 is to provide an option if necessary for DCRA refinement based on SUT. Further refinement of DCRA may include potential software adjustments to the DCRA Tool to meet SUT requirements or to improve user interface experiences. The DCRA tool will most likely need to achieve an ATO on Top-Secret SCI networks. Phase 2 may result in an additional request for a proposal at a future date. Note that Vendors should not include a rough order of magnitude for a Phase 2 in their proposals. WHITE PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Vendors shall submit White Papers in accordance with this posting and the SON document, for consideration for award of Phase 1 of DCRA. Submissions will only be accepted via the Department of Defense Secure Access File Exchange (DoD SAFE), at https://safe.apps.mil/. A dropbox link can be provided by a request sent to the Primary and Secondary POCs no later than twenty-four (24) hours prior to the submission due date/time. Submit the dropbox request by email to both the Agreements Officer Representative, Bret Whitmore (bret.a.whitmore.civ@army.mil) and Lead Engineer Patrick Horton (patrick.d.horton2.civ@army.mil). This Request For White Papers will be active for 36 days from this announcement, with submissions due no later than 3PM EST, 15 January 2025. To submit Unclassified and CUI questions related to this SON, contact the following personnel: Agreements Officer Representative, Bret Whitmore (bret.a.whitmore.civ@army.mil) and Lead Engineer Patrick Horton (patrick.d.horton2.civ@army.mil). The deadline for the submittal of technical questions is no later than 4:30 EST, 26 Dec 2024. Do NOT send classified materials to this inbox. Responses to the questions that the Agreements Officers deems relevant, will be posted on SAM as an amendment. POINTS OF CONTACT: For inquiries, please direct your correspondence to the following contacts: Agreements Officer Representative: Bret Whitmore (bret.a.whitmore.civ@army.mil) Lead Engineer: Patrick Horton (patrick.d.horton2.civ@army.mil) This notice shall not be construed as a commitment by the United States Government. It does not obligate the Government to reimburse any cost associated with preparation and/or submission of a response, nor does this notice guarantee the Government will issue a Solicitation / RFP or award your company an agreement to provide these products or services. Respondents are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this information or these activities.